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No. 325,642. Patented Sept, l, 1885.

www 555m UNITED STATESV PATENT OFFICE,

4CHARLES H. VORTHEN, OF LAWRENCE, lllASSACHUSETTS.

OIL-CAN.

SI-ECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,642, dated September l. 1885.

'Appuefros lllcllfjim r'ses. (no mattei.)

States, have invented a. new and useful Im` provenient in Oil-Cans, of `which the followingis a. fnll, clear,` and exact description, reference ybeing had tothe accompanying drawings, forminga. part of this specification, in explaining its nature, in which- VFigure l is en elevntionvof a can' or oiler having my inventiomfnnd Fig. 2 a. vertical central section thereof; andFigs. 3 und 4 are details.

Theohjectof the invention is to provide an oilcen or oiler `having `a device by which limited quantities only of the lubricant are exvpelled with greater orless force, so that,if.de-

sired,it caribe thrownsome distance from the nozzle or with considerable force into an oilsupply passage, orcan be pushed gently therefrom and in a sninll stream, but continuously, until n large qunntity has been fed.

In .the drawings, A represents the body of the cup; B, the nozzle; C, n sleeve which ex tends from the buse of the opening of the nozzledownwerd into the body of the cup. This sleevehus portsvor openings c, nud there is arranged within itu movulileslceve, l). There isolsonrrnngcd to move in this inner sleeve n piston, E, which is operated by the stem or rod e, ywhich extends downward therefrom through e pnckiugbox, F, und through the nndcr'surl'nce or bot-tornof the cup. .'lhis pisr ton is so snugly fitted to the sleeve D (leather cuppncking muy be uscd,if' desired) that the sleeve is moved upon the movement el' the piston until itcomcs iu contact with the inner cnd el' the nozzle-sleeve.

The operutiou olthc device is substuntinlly as follows: The piston und moving sleeve bcing nt their lou-'est position in the cylindricul easing, to discharge the contents of the cup the piston is moved forward towurd the nozzle. This also moves thcslldingsl-ccve, and the movement is continued until the upper edge ol thc sliding sleeve comes in contact with the shoulder or stop c', `when it is stopped und the ports or openings c closed. The movement of the piston, honcrer, is st ill continued, thereby expelling all the oil or lubricant that Ais contained in the sleeveinto the nozzle. Upon the backward `movement of the piston the sleeve ismoved with it and the openings or ports c nneoveredhereby allowing the piston to dran' 5 5 into `the chamber of the sleeve and easing u supply of oil, andthe reverse movement of the sleeve is continued until it strikes the rear shoulder or stopcl, when it comes te resi, and the reverse `movementofthe piston is continued (o untilit reaches 'the end of its reverse throw.

The outer casing or sleeve, C, is open at its lower end. `It will thus be'seen thot'thequan' tity ot' oil or other lubricant is measured and then forced from the measuringchamber'by 65 the movement of the pistonwvith greater or less force and tonJ greater or less distance from the end ot'ean, according to the speed of the movement ofthe piston. e

The packing-box is constructed bj1' iorming u hole'et the bottom ol' the cup sndetteehing tothe bottom u sleeve, G, through which the stem e passes, and in whielieny suitable pecl;- iug may be conned by means of the plate or disk f, which is attachedby solder to the 75 sleeve, leaving n suicient spese, j", below, if desired, for the reception of 'the ring or ccp ut the oud of the pistonspindie. 1

The nozzle of the oiler preierebl is hastened to theeup by what is sometimes known es n. 8c bayonetjoint -tlmt. is, by ineens el pins or projections 11, extending outward from the non1 zle-butt, oud bayonet-slots b', formed in the neck ot" the cnn or sleeve C. The lower. Aend ot' the nozzle is nduptcd to enter the upper end 85 ci' the casing, so that when in position its lower edge ect-s ns n stop to the sliding sleeveslt will be observed that this construction is l, clieupnnd simple and eiiic-ient, und tl nicdiuui :ind large-shred Oilers it v siriible, because it. prevents Weste viens that the cup niej: be held in e. u, a in oiliug, nud yet only the quant-ity shin-i; is contained in the cylinder cnn esca-pe,

lluviug thus l'ullyY described my invention, i 95 claim und desire to secure by Letters Potent of the United Statesl. Knoll-cnn oroilcrlinving the sleeve or casing C, opening into n. discharge-passage, end

having one or more ports, c with the sleeve .oo

i D,movable therein, and the piston E, movable 3. The combination,` in an oil-eup o1.oi1ei,

1n said sleeve, all substantially as and for the of thenozzle B, the easingor eylmder (#2111` purposes described. ranged in relation to the nozzle as shown, and 2. The combination, in au oiler, of the body having ports c, with the sleeve D and piston I5 A, Ille easing or cylinder 0,'lmviug one 01' E, all substantially es und for the purposes i5 more openings or ports, c, the sleeve DJnovadeseribed.

ble in said cylinder or casing, and Athe piston CHARLES H. VORTHEN. E, movable in said sleeve, and stops for co11-v Witnesses: trolling the movements of the sleeve, all sub- )HARLES U,BELT

ro stanbially as and for the purposes described. A. F. CoLnURN. 

